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Jammeh’s Forfeited Assets Sold as ‘Scraps’

By Amadou Manjang When former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh fled the country in January 2017, he left behind hundreds of luxury vehicles, machinery, real estate,...

Government Approves Bread Price Increment Effective July 1

The Gambian government has officially approved an increase in the price of bread, raising the cost of Senfur and Tapalapa loaves to 12 Gambian Dalasi (D12) each, effective...

Gambia Spends Over D8.13 Billion in First Quarter

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia's total government expenditure for the first quarter of 2025 stood at Eight Billion One Hundred and Thirty Million Dalasi...

NRA Spends Millions on Drainage Cleaning as Public Frustration Grows

By Nelson Manneh The National Roads Authority (NRA) says it spends up to GMD 7 million annually on drainage cleaning operations across The Gambia, yet...

Darsilameh Villagers Express Border Concerns to CDS Cham

By Makutu Manneh Residents of Darsilameh, a village in Kombo North District bordering Senegal, have called on the government to urgently demarcate the border to...

Gambians Endure a Bureaucratic Marathon to Get National ID Cards

By Nelson Manneh As dawn breaks over the coastal city of Kanifing, a small crowd begins to gather outside the national ID card processing center,...

Teargas Flows as Police Disperse Vendors in Serekunda Market Standoff

By Biran Gaye In a tense standoff, the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is currently facing pushback from street vendors around Serekunda Market who fear that...

PEPORT ON THE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND INSPECTOR...

BY HALIFA SALLAH 11th May, 2025 The executive at the highest level was requested to give mandate to the chief of staff to liaise with me...

Some Farmers in NBR Say They Are Still Not Paid

By Assan Bah Farmers in the North Bank Region (NBR) say they have not been paid for their groundnut produce, more than two months after...

Gambia’s Cordyla Timber Smuggling Stirs Fears of Environmental Collapse

By Lamin Fatty In the eastern reaches of The Gambia, far from the capital of Banjul, a quiet assault is underway on one of the...

Lawyer Says Micheal Correa Had No Choice But to Torture

By Mustapha Jallow Michael Sang Correa’s defence lawyer, Jared Westbroek, presented a compelling argument during his opening statements on Tuesday, claiming that his client, a...

Victims of the Sandika Fire Disaster Narrate their Losses

By Assan Bah The victims of the fire outbreak that ravaged the Serrekunda Sandika have been narrating the losses they incurred to Foroyaa. A devastating fire...

NO VOTE FOR DIASPORA WITHOUT DEMARCATION

Says Attorney General By Kebba AF Touray Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow told members of the National Assembly on Tuesday that Gambians living...

Low Groundnut Yield Attributed to Long Dry-Spells, Old Seed Varieties

By Assan Bah Dr Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security has disclosed to Foroyaa after an assessment of this year’s low yield...

Farmers in Limbo as Groundnut Purchases Are at a Standstill

By Lamin Fatty & Assan Bah Farmers in The Gambia are facing a deepening crisis as buying at groundnut buying centres, known as seccos, are at...

Gambian Youths Confront Senegalese Soldiers Over Border Trade

By Louise Jobe & Mustapha Jallow Tensions flared along the Gambian-Senegalese border recently as Gambian youths confront Senegalese soldiers over the transportation of goods into...

Hundreds at Risk of Statelessness in The Gambia – Report

By Amadou Manjang Nearly 600 people in Ghana Town, a community in Brufut, are facing the risk of being stateless, according to an assessment report...

Inside a Controversial Network Marketing Empire: Promises of Wealth, Stories of...

By Yankuba Jallow In a virtual conference room packed with eager listeners, a man named Prince recounted his improbable rise from a struggling plumber in...

At Gambian Border, Women Abandon Rice Fields Amid Military Presence

By Nelson Manneh For eight years, the women of Bwiam and its surrounding villages have left their rice fields untended. The fields, known locally as...

Pre-Selection of Workers to Spain Starts, Hundreds of Youth Desperate to...

By Assan Bah Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between The Republic of the Gambia and the Kingdom of Spain on the...